The stain of innocent blood – v6 #poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood

May he dream of horror, pain, night terrors,
May he be caught in nightmares forever
for the crimes he is committing,
the war on their neighbors,
on humanity, his own people,
by the stain of innocent blood…
 
He is now the embodiment of pure evil
King of the North, this false Tsar, this Satan,
condemned, no matter how many times
He may seek to wash his hands
He will forever be haunted, cursed,
by the stain of innocent blood…
 
Eternity is not long enough for his torment,
The gates of hell refuse him welcome,
generation on generations, evil incarnated,
controlled everything about him,
nowhere to hide, tormented,
by the stain of innocent blood...
 
May he be cursed, damned forever,
imprisoned in his dreams, his nightmares,
recurring, repeating, screams in the night,
seeing each face, every bloody body,
all those he has tortured, killed, haunted,
by the stain of innocent blood...
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Edited November 27, 2025
The stain of innocent blood – v6
 
 
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, The Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
&
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html  
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
December 2, 2006 20:02
Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood,
 
#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #Putin #warcriminal #innocentblood

The stain of their blood – v2 #Ukraine #America

I can see the scene unfolding…
hushed in the praetorium, the palace,
symbolically preparing to absolve himself,
to say our nation is not complicit…
taking off his clean navy blazer
an aide gathering a basin of water,
taking off his golden cufflinks, meticulously
rolling up his starched white sleeves…
 
Two accursed men standing there,
Barabbas and Jesus, different actors,
nation-states, now, in this moment,
in the crucible of terror, of war,
standing in judgement of the Empire,
its Proconsul at the water basin…
 
Dipping his hands in the waters,
a Christian passing judgement, no neutrality,
choosing sides in genocide, in terror,
murmuring a lie, a prayer, a confession,
saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”
giving the crowd Barabbas/Russia,
sending Jesus/Ukraine to the cross,
for our indifference, the sins of all of us…
 
But no amount of water, no words,
will absolve him of the verdict,
history will judge him eternally,
he and his master, his dear leader,
as he steps away from responsibility,
as he sacrifices innocent blood…
 
Two men in the battle, good and evil,
two nation-states in the crucible,
Cain and Abel, evil and innocent victim,
evil chosen for craven expediency,
the attention span of the moment,
washing his hands eternally,
but he will forever bear the stain,
the curse of innocent blood…

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Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
 
April 18, 2025 Good Friday
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
as peace talks break down because Russia wants war, not peace,
and America seems to be ready to abandon Ukraine…
&
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v2.html  
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
September 10, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, America, Trump, Rubio, Good Friday, betrayal,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Ukraine #US #NATO #terror #genocide #Putin #innocentblood #Trump #Rubio #GoodFriday #betrayal

The stain of their blood

I can see the scene unfolding…
hushed in the praetorium, the palace,
taking off his clean navy blazer
an aide gathering a basin of water,
taking off his golden cufflinks,
rolling up his starched white sleeves…
 
Two accursed men standing there,
Barabbas and Jesus, different actors,
Putin and Zelenskyy, in this moment,
standing in judgement of the Empire,
its Proconsul at the water basin…
 
Dipping his hands in the waters,
murmuring a lie, a prayer, a confession,
saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”
giving the crowd Barabbas/Russia,
sending Jesus/Ukraine to the cross,
for our indifference, the sins of all of us…
 
But no amount of water, no words,
will absolve him of the verdict,
history will judge him eternally,
as he steps away from responsibility,
as he sacrifices innocent blood…
 
Two men in the battle, good and evil,
evil chosen for craven expediency,
the attention span of the moment,
washing his hands eternally,
but he will forever bear the stain,
the curse of innocent blood…
-------
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
 
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
as peace talks break down because Russia wants war, not peace,
and America seems to be ready to abandon Ukraine…
&
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v2.html  
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
September 10, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, America, Trump, Rubio, Good Friday, betrayal,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Ukraine #US #NATO #terror #genocide #Putin #innocentblood #Trump #Rubio #GoodFriday #betrayal #HolyWeek

Forever Washing His Hands – v2

Can you see him still, through history, a specter,
tainted, tormented by his decision, indecision, the cost,
a soul yet wandering, caught between heaven and hell,
over and over, forever, he must have washed his hands
trying to remove the stain, the tattoo of innocent blood…
 
Blood, he allowed to be spilled, blood of a King
given for His people, those who knew His name,
but those who denied Him, those who were waiting, for Him,
whose oil was kept full, who knew more than anything else
they needed His gift, His boundless mercy, His ultimate sacrifice…
 
His wife knew too, something was wrong, something very wrong
she bitterly cried in anguish, tormented, telling him not
to shed this pure, clean blood, untainted by human sin.
A human life lived godly, that should have been proof enough
especially to those vacillating, questioning, those twelve disciples –
 
How could they walk with Him, hearing His teaching, learning,
watching Him, His actions, His compassion, His humanness,
the miracles He performed, the authority of every word
How could they not have seen He was God incarnate, seeing
His divinity, His pure love, His sinlessness, and not know?
 
He was God; how could Pilate let the rabble dictate the death
of an innocent life, a man that did not threaten Rome, a martyr,
how could he have been so weak, so impotent, washing his hands,
as if that would save him of this burden, this choice,
sacrificing Him, to hang on the cross, instead of Barrabas…
 
Forever washing his hands, no, that didn’t remove his stain
that he must have carried, he must carry still, yet, unfinished,
the tattoo still on his hands, his soul, his spirit, this purgatory,
a soul yet wandering, caught between heaven and hell,
like the Master knew and wrote so well…
 
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Edited, Typed, and posted October 12, 2024
Forever Washing Him Hands – v2
 
edited February 9, 2022
Washing His Hands – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/washing-his-hands-v8.html
edited July 4, 2015
washing his hands – 2 – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/washing-his-hands-2-v5.html
(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)
edited April 11, 2015
the stain on Pilate’s hands – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-stain-on-pilates-hands-v3.html
(editing version 2)
&
March 26, 2013
“Washing His Hands - 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/washing-his-hands-2.html
Matthew 27:17b
Matthew 27:15-26
Sanctuary for Lent for 2013
http://www.abingdonpress.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=7363
by Robert V. Dodd
scripture and meditation for March 26, 2013
read March 26, 2013
&
earlier poem
December 2, 2006 20:02
“Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, Savior, guilt, sin, Pastor Ruth Foss, Spirit, gifts, calling, Lent, Savior, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, stain,
 
#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain

Forever washing his hands - v2

Forever washing his hands - v2

#poetry #God #Christ #Pilate #Hell #Purgatory #blood #stain

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

He is an Anti-Christ, a Satan

He is an Anti-Christ, a Satan,

an embodiment of Evil,

he has no humanity within him,

he is a soulless creation…

His quest for power, eternal,

a mark of the Devil upon him,

history will judge him harshly,

terror will be his destiny… 

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September 24, 2024

He is an Anti-Christ, a Satan

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/he-is-ant-christ-satan.html

September 24, 2024
His arrogance, his ego
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-arrogance-his-ego.html
September 10, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
&
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html  
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
December 2, 2006 20:02
Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, Satan, Anti-Christ,
 
#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #Putin #warcriminal #innocentblood #Satan #AntiChrist

The stain of innocent blood - v5

May he dream of horrors, pain, the terrors,
may he be caught in nightmares forever
for the crimes he is committing,
the war on their neighbors,
on humanity, his own people,
by the stain of innocent blood…
 
He is now the embodiment of pure evil
King of the North, this false Tsar, this Satan,
condemned, no matter how many times
he may seek to wash his hands
he will forever be haunted, cursed,
by the stain of innocent blood…
 
Eternity not long enough, for his torment,
the gates of hell refusing him welcome,
generations on generations, evil, incarnated,
controlled everything about him,
nowhere to hide, tormented,
by the stain of innocent blood...
 
May he be cursed, damned forever,
imprisoned in his dreams, his nightmare,
recurring, repeating, screams in the night,
seeing each face, every bloody body,
all those he has tortured, killed, haunted,
by the stain of innocent blood...

-------
September 10, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
&
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html  
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
December 2, 2006 20:02
Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 

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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, 

 

#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack

Forever Washing My Hands – v2

I can understand the image of Pilate,
trapped between heaven and hell,
living in limbo, in turmoil, judgment,
constantly washing his hands…
 
An image of remorse, of profound regret,
unable to change history, to go back,
to save innocent life, the Messiah,
God here with us…
 
But we are Pilate, guilty,
we caused Christ’s death,
His need to descend,
to give us new life…
 
We each stand beside Pilate,
for we are convicted by sin,
forever washing my hands,
that lead to the cross, the grave…
 
But by grace we are saved,
by blood we are set free,
Christ raised us from the dead,
our hands are washed clean…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfGpbWv214
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Edited June 17, 2024
Forever Washing My Hands – v2
 
Written after someone said that my last version
of the poem “Forever washing His hands – v8”
based on the Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
about Pontius Pilate seemed to be written about myself.
In some ways, I think this poem is about each of us,
For our sin, our actions, our choices, caused Christ
To descend to the earth, to climb the cross…
&
edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v4.html 
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
&
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
&
Edited June 17, 2024
Forever Washing My Hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/forever-washing-my-hands.html
Written after someone said that my last version
of this poem seemed to be written about myself.
In some ways, I think this poem is about each of us,
For our sin, our actions, our choices, caused Christ
To descend to the earth, to climb the cross…
&
Edited June 3, 2024
Forever Washing His Hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/forever-washing-his-hands.html
edited February 9, 2022
Washing His Hands – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/washing-his-hands-v8.html
edited July 4, 2015
washing his hands – 2 – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/washing-his-hands-2-v5.html
(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)
edited April 11, 2015
the stain on Pilate’s hands – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-stain-on-pilates-hands-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited November 5, 2014
My guilt remains – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-guilt-remains-v3.html
Third Sunday in Lent
Luke 13:1-9 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
Isaiah 55:1-9 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
Worship Theme – “The Voice of God . . . Pilate”
Call to Worship (Psalm 27:1, 5, 14 God’s Word Translation)
Unison Prayer: (Worship and Song © 2011)
Prayer of Dedication (adapted from GBOD © 2013 Luke 13:1-9)
http://ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com/2013/03/lenten-dramas.html
This Lenten Season, we are doing something a little different.
We are doing Lenten Dramas from:   http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/home.htm
It is called "The Voice of God". We are hearing conversations between
God and some of the characters that took part in Passion Week.
It has been a "moving experience" for all. . . 
February 13 2013 Ash Wednesday – James  (portrayed by Diane Mitchell)
February 17, 2013 – Judas (portrayal by Ray Foss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZXUSiwG8Dg
March 31, 2013 Easter Sunday! - The Gardner (portrayed by Mary Ann Cioffi)
and Lenten Drama:
(a conversation with Pilate and God after the crucifixion)
by Pastor Ruth Foss
https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com
sermon blog
http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2013
Third Sunday in Lent
Lent
&
earlier poem
December 2, 2006 20:02
“Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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The stain of innocent blood – v4

May he dream of horrors, pain, the terrors,
may he be caught in nightmares forever
for the crimes he is committing,
the war on their neighbors,
on humanity, his own people,
the stain of innocent blood…
 
He is now the embodiment of pure evil
King of the North, this false Tsar, this Satan,
condemned, no matter how many times
he may seek to wash his hands
he will forever be haunted, cursed,
by the stain of innocent blood…
 
Eternity not long enough, for his torment,
the gates of hell refusing him welcome,
generations on generations, cursed,
this man-child, this beast, his id,
controlled everything about him,
nowhere to hide, tormented…

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edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
 
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
&
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
&
edited April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v3.html
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
reposted April 1, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1510028769184124928
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
&
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
&
March 4, 2022
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
March 1, 2022
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974
February 27, 2022
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited February 26, 2022
Signs of the End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
&
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.html
&
edited February 9, 2022
Washing His Hands – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/washing-his-hands-v8.html
edited August 24, 2015
Washing His Hands – v7
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/washing-his-hands-v7.html
(editing version 2)
edited November 5, 2014
Washing His Hands – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/washing-his-hands-v6.html
(editing version 2)
edited July 4, 2015
washing his hands – 2 – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/washing-his-hands-2-v5.html
(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)
edited April 11, 2015
the stain on Pilate’s hands – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-stain-on-pilates-hands-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited November 30, 2014
washing his hands – 2 – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/washing-his-hands-2-v4.html
(editing original again)
edited November 29, 2014
washing his hands – 2 – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/washing-his-hands-2-v3.html
edited November 5, 2014
My guilt remains – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-guilt-remains-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited January 4, 2014
My guilt remains – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-guilt-remains-v2.html
March 7, 2013 and March 8, 2013
My guilt remains
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-guilt-remains.html
earlier poem
December 2, 2006 20:02
“Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Forever Washing My Hands

I can understand the image of Pilate,
Trapped between heaven and hell,
Living in limbo, in turmoil,
Constantly washing his hands…
 
An image of remorse, of profound regret,
Unable to change history, to go back,
To save innocent life, the Messiah,
God here with us…
 
But we are Pilate, guilty,
We caused Christ’s death,
His need to descend,
To give us new life…
 
We each stand beside Pilate,
For we are convicted by sin,
Forever washing my hands,
That lead to the cross, the grave…
 
But by grace we are saved,
By blood we are set free,
Christ raised us from the dead,
Our hands are washed clean…
 
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Edited June 17, 2024
Forever Washing My Hands
 
Written after someone said that my last version
of this poem seemed to be written about myself.
In some ways, I think this poem is about each of us,
For our sin, our actions, our choices, caused Christ
To descend to the earth, to climb the cross…
&
Edited June 3, 2024
Forever Washing His Hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/forever-washing-his-hands.html
edited February 9, 2022
Washing His Hands – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/washing-his-hands-v8.html
edited July 4, 2015
washing his hands – 2 – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/washing-his-hands-2-v5.html
(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)
edited April 11, 2015
the stain on Pilate’s hands – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-stain-on-pilates-hands-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited November 5, 2014
My guilt remains – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-guilt-remains-v3.html
Third Sunday in Lent
Luke 13:1-9 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
Isaiah 55:1-9 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
Worship Theme – “The Voice of God . . . Pilate”
Call to Worship (Psalm 27:1, 5, 14 God’s Word Translation)
Unison Prayer: (Worship and Song © 2011)
Prayer of Dedication (adapted from GBOD © 2013 Luke 13:1-9)
http://ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com/2013/03/lenten-dramas.html
This Lenten Season, we are doing something a little different.
We are doing Lenten Dramas from:   http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/home.htm
It is called "The Voice of God". We are hearing conversations between
God and some of the characters that took part in Passion Week.
It has been a "moving experience" for all. . . 
February 13 2013 Ash Wednesday – James  (portrayed by Diane Mitchell)
February 17, 2013 – Judas (portrayal by Ray Foss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZXUSiwG8Dg
February 24, 2013 – Peter (portrayal by Marshall Burns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPyvx5at-E
March 3, 2013 – Pilate (portrayed by Richard Fleury)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEY_EcCBcd8
March 10, 2013 – Barabbas  (portrayed by Mark Cioffi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_rxy_t5U0A
March 17, 2013 - Dysmas (Thief on the cross) (portrayed by Ray Foss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pp7QMPMUfs
March 24, 2013 Palm Sunday
March 28, 2013 Maundy Thursday – The Centurion  (portrayed by Mark Cioffi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGeMYrvDOjk
March 29, 2013 Good Friday - Mary Mother of Jesus (portrayed by Kathy Akerman)
March 31, 2013 Easter Sunday! - The Gardner (portrayed by Mary Ann Cioffi)
and Lenten Drama:
(a conversation with Pilate and God after the crucifixion)
by Pastor Ruth Foss
https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com
sermon blog
http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2013
Third Sunday in Lent
Lent
&
March 26, 2013
“Washing His Hands - 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/washing-his-hands-2.html
Matthew 27:17b
Matthew 27:15-26
Sanctuary for Lent for 2013
http://www.abingdonpress.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=7363
by Robert V. Dodd
scripture and meditation for March 26, 2013
read March 26, 2013
&
earlier poem
December 2, 2006 20:02
“Washing His Hands
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/washing-his-hands.html
Matt 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-25
and The Master and Margarita
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/
by Mikhail Bulgakov
http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/inleiding.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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